Backyard Series - Taken in Alta Sierra California during a December snowfall, a mature buck and a doe relax in an open patch of forest. While the buck rests, surrounded by several inches of accumulated snow, the doe alertly listens for any sound that pierces the solemn quiet.
In backyard Series with both 'Summer Repose" and "A Winter's Day in the Backyard"

Natural History – Wildlife Folder:- A lone buck searches for a doe - seen in the distant trees - on the morning after a December snow. Available in Fine Art Backyard Series with both 'Summer Repose" and "A Winter's Day in the Backyard"

Backyard Series - Two does languish in a sea of delicious spring grasses. This scene represents the summer version of "Winter Search." The pair side-by-side tell silent stories from the lives of a local mule deer herd.

Snow capped Boundary Peak , which literally marks the boundary between California and Nevada, frames these fascinating sandstone cliffs just outside Benton Hot Springs, CA on a lonely stretch of state highway 120 near Benton Crossing Road. Truly in the middle-of-nowhere with a stark beauty that captures that solitary spirit.

Bridgeport, CA is a beautiful small town between the Sierra Nevada mountain range and Nevada's Great Desert Basin. Here, the rays of the sun burst through the clouds to highlight the pastoral beauty of the middle ground community.

Natural History - Flora Folder: every Easter we purchase lilies that we plant in our front yard and they florish in the Sierra foothills. The pungent droplets of liquid forming on the lilly's pistil proves a compelling attraction for bees and butterflies.

Window Seat Folder - Above the Rocky Mountains near Denver, CO - This is one of many photos from Ron's 'Window Seat' gallery which reveal the Intriguing patterns the earth offers from 35,000 feet altitudes.

San Juan River Optical Illusion = relief inversion

WIndow Seat View - taken from 35,000 feet, reveals "relief inversion" where concave images look convex when the angles of the sun's shadows fool our senses making canyons look like mountains. For a better understanding of this process visit Nutopia's excellent video explanation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrC4vDcWmxk.

Ronald William Horne

ABOUT ME

“The photos on this site reflect life all around me. The roses from our garden, the cats are all family, the landscapes , wild critters from my California foothill home, the ancient coins from my collection, the angels and memorial parks from my book 'Forgotten Faces' and the golf courses, cemeteries and Gold Rush images originate from my neighboring communities.”

PHOTOGRAPHS — THE SEED OF EVOLUTIONARY IMAGERY.

"I value and enjoy the photographic image for its ability to express, engage and evoke. With today's unbounded digital darkroom, I often enjoy exploring a photograph as another form of art – composite, oil, sketch, digital, etc. Now a single image contains the seed of entirely new versions of itself - often evolving with unforseen yet welcome results." . – Ron Horne

FINE ART, CALENDAR AND GREET CARD IMAGERY

Ron enjoys and delivers photographic expertise as a Fine Art and Natural History photographer with images employed for greeting cards and calendars as well as company image design and messaging.
“Nature blesses us with unbridled beauty everywhere - in the expanding petals of a new rose, the grandeur of a living mountain range or the sentience of our animal allies. If I can, in any way, capture in an image, the power and beauty evoked by the moment or alive in the wild, I feel privileged to share it with you.”

ACCOMPLISHED AUTHOR

In addition to photography and photo-art, Ron is the author of 'Forgotten Faces - A Window Into Our Immigrant Past,' widely regarded as the first ever photo-history on memorial portraiture and its insights into 20th century immigrant America.

'Forgotten Faces' has been featured in the 'History Channel Magazine,' selected for the cover of 'Publishers Weekly' and honored with scores of positive reviews as summarized by 'Writers Digest' - “This is a unique and intriguing history of immigrant America. Featuring beautiful photographs throughout, it is very well-researched and a valuable contribution to the literature.”

Midwest Book Review agreed, "Horne…provides an outstanding survey of memorial portraiture as its own art form. …featured for its important cultural insights as well: immigrant history comes to life in an outstanding visual and written survey of a unique art and memorial form which should not be missed."

Please visit his 'Forgotten Faces' eBook website via the link in the MENU - Left of the Page to explore the content, details, photos, book reviews and downloads.

COMMERCIAL ENGAGEMENTS

Commercially Ron delivers fine art reproductions for sale as well as corporate advertising and promotional material.
“A photographic story teller, I capture and communicate your unique narrative - personal or professional - with the impact of expressive images and compelling prose. I thoroughly enjoy and completely guarantee my work.” – Ron Horne.

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS AND ARTWORK AVAILABLE IN HIGH RESOLUTION REPRODUCTIONS IN STANDARD SIZES FROM 5X7 GREETING CARDS TO 3' by 4' POSTERS and WALL MOUNTS.

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For special requests or engagements: Contact by email at RonaldWHorne@sbcglobal.net.